Hrachovec

Hrachovec
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Zlínský kraj
District :	Vsetín
Municipality :	Valašské Meziříčí
Area :	483 ha
Geographic location :	49 ° 28 ′ N , 18 ° 0 ′ E Coordinates: 49 ° 27 ′ 51 ″ N , 18 ° 0 ′ 2 ″ E
Height:	330 m nm
Residents :	900 (March 1, 2001)
Postal code :	757 01
License plate :	Z
traffic
Street:	Zašová –Křivé
Railway connection:	Valašské Meziříčí – Rožnov pod Radhoštěm
Next international airport :	Ostrava

Hrachovec (German Hrachowetz , 1939-1945 Erbsenried ) is a district of the town of Valašské Meziříčí in the Czech Republic . It is located two kilometers southeast of Valašské Meziříčí in the Okres Vsetín .

geography

Hrachovec is located in the north-west of the Wsetin Mountains . The village extends to the left of the Rožnovská Bečva in the valley of the Hrachovecký brook. Hrachovec is a Slavic foundation, in the 19th century the townscape had the typical shape of a Slavic round link. The Budička (508 m) and the Na Hrádcích (344 m) rise to the north, the Černý kopeček (395 m) to the northeast, the Vrchhůra (692 m) to the southeast, the Medůvka (608 m) and the Brdo (543 m ) to the south ), southwest of the Štěpánov (409 m) and in the northwest of the Helštýn (383 m). North of the village, on the opposite bank of the Rožnovská Bečva, the European road 442 / state road I / 35 between Krásno nad Bečvou and Rožnov pod Radhoštěm passes. Behind it runs the Valašské Meziříčí – Rožnov pod Radhoštěm railway ; the railway station Hrachovec is outside the village in the locality of Hrádky.

Neighboring towns are rock group Hrádky and U Ovčírny in the north, Zašová in the Northeast, Loučky and Veselá in the east, Na pasekách and Velká Lhota in the southeast, Sýkoří, Malá Lhota and Vichury in the south, Podhájí, Oznice, Křivé and Na Štěpánově in the southwest, Valašské Meziříčí in West and Krásno nad Bečvou and Drážky in the north-west.

history

The first written mention of the village of Hrachovic belonging to the bishop's fiefdom Arnoltovice was in 1376. In some writings, Hrachovec was incorrectly equated with the village Grabowe listed in a document from Bishop Bruno von Schauenburg in 1297 , but Hrabová near Ostrava is meant. From 1397 the place was called Hrachowecz . After the Hussite Wars , the feudal relationship with the diocese expired and Hrachovec became part of the Rožnov rule . In 1516 the village consisted of 14 farms and the inheritance court. 1632 a bailiwick, ten farmers and two gardeners are designated for Hrachovec.

After the abolition of patrimonial Hrachovec / Hrachowetz formed from 1850 a municipality in the district administration Valašské Meziříčí. During the German occupation, the place was given the German name Erbsenried in 1939 . After the Okres Valašské Meziříčí was abolished, the municipality was assigned to the Okres Vsetín in 1960. On January 1, 1976 Hrachovec was incorporated into Valašské Meziříčí. In 1991 there were 811 people in Hrachovec. The 2001 census counted 900 residents and 234 houses.

Local division

The settlements Hrádky, Podhájí, Sýkoří and Vichury belong to Hrachovec.

Attractions

Suspension bridge over the Rožnovská Bečva , the 10 m high and 40 m long bridge, which was fortified with 22 ropes, was built in 1922, it replaced a wooden structure
The Liberation Monument on Helštýn

Sons and daughters of the place

Francis von Sales Bauer (1841–1915), Bishop of Brno and Archbishop of Olomouc

Web links

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